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lhvrrn rares aren WILLAM H. RINGLE, OF VAN RUBEN, OHIO.

GATE.

a SFECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,479` dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed February 18, 188B. Serial intestata (Nc Ameri To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, VILLIAM H. RINGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Van Buren, inthe county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvenient in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

My improved gate is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view thereof in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a side view of t-he saine. Fig. 3 is au end view of the gate to show more fully the construction of thelatch, and indicating in dotted lines the movements thereof.

Referring by letter tothe drawings, A designates the main or hinge post, which is provided with a vertical slot, B, wherein the rear end of the gate C is mounted.4 The gate is pivoted at its lower rear corner in the lower end of the slot, and is adapted to be raised at its free or front end, as shown in Fig. 2.

The post A is provided with the vertical extension A', having a crosshead cr T on its upper end, and the said extension is provided with a longitudinal slot, D, in which is mounted the operatinglever E. One end of this lever is connected by the rod or wire F to the gate near its lower edge, and the other end of the said lever is provided with a weight, G, sufcientiy heavy to automatically raise the gate when released at its free end.

Au upwardlyand rearwardly extending bar, H, is attached rigidly to the gate, and to its upper end the closing-cords l1 I are attached, which cords pass through pulley-blocks@- z', depending froin the extremities of the cross-head or''. Theseclosing-cordsextendtotheground, and are provided at their lower ends with suitable handles.

Vhen the gate is open,

as shown in Fig. 2,

the upper end of the bar H is deprcssed,'and therefore to close the gate it is only necessary to raise the end of the said bar by means of one of the closingcords l.

K designates the latchpost, which vided with a vertical slot, L, end of the gate is received.

is proin which pivoted to the post K atan intermediate point in a nearly-vertical position, and it engages at its `free end over a stud or projection on the lower endof the gate. rIhe studor projection may be a pin or a block, or it may be the projecting end of one of the rails of the gate, as shown in thedrawings. The lower eudof the latch may, if preferred, be arranged so as to engage in a notch instead of over the stud or projection referred to. The upper end ofthe latch is provided with a depending weight, N, which normally holds the lower end of the latch in position to engage the stud or pro jection on the gate.

O designates a cord, wire, or chain, which is attached at opposite ends, respectively, to the upper end of the latch and the post, and extends across the vertical slotL in the post. lt will now be .seen that to disengage the latch from the stud or projection, and thus free the end of the gate, it is simply necessary to draw the upper end of the latch toward the gate, and therefore it is evident that ii" an interme diate point of the cord, wire, or chain O is de pressed the gate will bepfreed.

F represents ashortlever, which is mounted on the gate and projects beyond its free end sufliciently to rest on the cord, wire, or chain when the gate is in its closed position.

- R represents a latch-cord, which is attached to the inner or rear end of the lever, passes up through a keeper or guide-eye in the side of the bar H, and is carried a short distance from the gate. The end of thesaid latch-cord is supported ou a suitable post or standard, S, where it is within reach of the driver of a teain. A latchcord, T, is attached tothe upper end of the latch and extends a short distance from the gate on the opposite side from the cord Bl, and is supported ou a suitable post or standard, U.

The operation of the gate is as follows: As the team approaches the gate, the driver grasps either the cord It or the cord T (according to the side of the gate which he approaches) and draws upon the same, thereby retracting the latch and liberating the gate which is raised by its weight As the vehicle passes beyond the gate, the driver grasps one of the elosingthe free cords I and draws upon it until the free end The latch M is of the gate is again engaged by the latch.

The gate is simple, and itmay be constructed of posts and boards with but little shaping. The slotted posts may be made of vertical posts arranged side by side with a small space between them, and the latch is a simple strip or bar of Wood with a Weight on its upper end. rlhere is no metal needed in the construction of the gate except for the weights and the I bolts which forxn the pivots of the parts. 3. The combination, with the vertically- The latchcord does not necessarily pass ,l slotted post K and the gate adapted to engage through a keeper or guide on the bar H, but i at its free end in the. slot in the pvost, of the may pass through a keeper or guide on an eX- l weighted latch adapted to engage a stud or tension to the main or hinge post or any simi\ projection on the gate, the cord, wire, or chain lar standard. l O, attached at its opposite ends, respectively,

Having thus described my invention, I to the post and the upper end ol' thelatch, the claim lever mounted on the gate and projecting at its l. The combination, with the post A, having free end beyond the end ofthe gate, and bearthe slot B and the slotted vertical extension A', ing on the eord,wire, or chain O when the gate of the gatepivoted in the base of the slotB, the is in its closed position, and the latch-cord atlever Epivoted withinthe slotted extension A l iached to the rear end of the lever and passand having` a weight ou its rear end, the link l ing through a suitablekeeperor guide, where- F, connecting the said lever to the gate, the Il by when the cord is pulled the rear end ofthe its upper end weighted, the cord, wire, or chain secured to the post at one end and to the upper end of the latch at the other end, and the lever mounted on the gate and bearing at its free end on the said cord, wire, or chain, whereby when its rear end is raised the latch will be operated, substantially as speciiied, for the purpose set forth.

bar H, secured to the gate and projecting` uplatch is raised, substantially as and for the ward therefrom, the crosshead secured to the purpose specified. upper end of the extension A', thepulleys de- In testiinonythatl claim the foregoing as my pending from ends of said cross-head, and the own I have hereto allixed u'iysignature in presropes passing over said pulleys and having ence of two witnesses. their ends secured to the upper end of the bar ,Y Y H) as Seb forth Xl iLLlAM lH. RINGLL.

2. The con1binaiion,with the gate having a stud or projection on its free end, of the B. F. BAKER,

l j] YWitnesses: l A. R. ENGLISH.

latch mounted on a suitable post and having 

